The Crucifixion

Title

The Crucifixion

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Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Page from an auction catalogue, Colnaghi 19.06.-03.08.1979, lot 31; Koepplin Archive]

This panel shows Christ on the cross set against a simple background between the Virgin and St John. St Mary Magdalene kneels on a thin strip of ground at the base of the cross, embracing the shaft in an attitude of prayer.

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Attribution: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Page from an auction catalogue, Colnaghi 19.06.-03.08.1979, lot 31; Koepplin Archive]

Production date: about 1515 - 1525

Production date

about 1515 - 1525

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Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 41 x 28.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 41 x 28.5 cm
[Page from an auction catalogue, Colnaghi 19.06.-03.08.1979, lot 31; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating: none

Inscriptions and Labels: above the cross: '.I.N.R.I.'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

above the cross:
'.I.N.R.I.'

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P356
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P356/

Provenance

in the family of a foreign nobleman since the 17th century [1]
Sotheby's, London, July 1978, lot 27 [2]
private collection, Germany
Colnaghi, London, 1979, lot 31 [3]
[1] [Page from an auction catalogue, Sotheby's July 1978, lot 27; Koepplin Archive]
[2] [Handwritten annotation on a photocopied image; Koepplin Archive]
[3] [Page from an auction catalogue, Colnaghi 19.06.-03.08.1979, lot 31; Koepplin Archive]

The Crucifixion, about 1515 - 1525

Images

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